Saturday, February 20, 2010

Stephanie's Bicycle cards!

My daughter came home for her study week from university this past week . It's been 6-7 weeks since we last saw her. Again I got into a baking frenzy and made her favorite apple pie! THEN Stephanie told me that she needs around 10 birthday cards for her friends. I was happy to have a "card assignment" as I do not see any challenges that grabs me at the moment. After showing her a few of mine, she finds my cards too "girly" (!!??) since she needs guy friend cards! What's a guy friend card, you may ask!? She went to my stash and literally took matters into her own hands! Her two guy friends are into cycling and she found that the PTI set (Everyday Button Bits) is perfect for this. (photo credit: Stephanie)

First she made one with the city landscape....she cut out the skyscraper for the background. Looks kind of neat, huh?

She made some messy ink marks (see bottom), but she didn't bother to fix them.....as city streets are always dirty anyway, so she said (LOL)!

I love how she attached the balloons to the bike! Her hand-drawn wheels are pretty cool, too! I was also happy that she used the metal rings that I bought from the Dollar store for the tires.

It's definitely more cool and sophisticated for a guy and yes, I get to save my precious buttons!

I also found out that my Butterfly card with the "window"

was featured in CARDS blog ( Cards with Transparency). YAY! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have fun watching the Olympics!!

有其母必有其女!!! And congrats on the card feature, that is an awesome butterfly!!! It gives me ideas. Oh, I've gotten too many ideas here already, it's like the olympics, I can't possibly implement (watch) them all!! LOL

I saw your card yesterday on the Cards blog and was so happy for you! :> That's awesome that your daughter made a bunch of her own guy friend cards! I am actually working on a card right now for my FIL's 60th birthday and figure once I get into guy mode I should make a few! :>

your daughter has a lovely style,perfect masculine cards. love your window card, saw you on the cards blog, Congratulations. My card was the one above yours, its great to be showcased isn't it, gives such a thrill.

Hi Virginia! I was thrilled to be featured on the same post as you were!!! Your card is so beautiful! I love this little window! Your daughter did quite a job on those cards! And thanks for your nice words on my blog and your great attempts on French! Two thumbs up! :)

These are awesome Virginia! I love that your daughter feels comfortable using your supplies! I love stamping with my girls. :-)I must admit that I almost didn't want to read your post after "apple pie".I was worried that you were going to have food pictures! LOL! I am trying to detox from sugar so your food pictures might just send me over the edge.Congratulations on your card being featured on the CARDS blog!!!! It is such a pretty card!!!!

Congrats, little sis, on the Cards blog! I thought that card was adorable. So glad to see that you and Stephanie had a day together doing something you love! Loved her idea for the wheels on the bikes!

How fun are these Virginia!! Look at that bicycle stamp, so versatile, I really like how she did the paper pieced balloons, too fun and it really takes me back to childhood and memories associated with that type of stuff!!

wow! Stephanie is sooooooo talented!! i can't even make a good guy card and she made TWO!!! You must be a super proud mom!! =) congrats on being in the challenge gallery AGAIN!!! that's such a beautiful card! have to hop over and see if I get to play for this week's challenge! =) Have a lovely weekend!!

Congrats on having your card featured, you are really on a roll! Love your daughter's cards, they are so creative. Stephanie is quite talented, I love that she didn't bother to fix her smudges. I think that's a sign of genius!Blessings to you,nancy

Oh Virginia! How CLEVER and CREATIVE is Stephanie?! She just AMAZES me with all of her talents and SMARTNESS! I wouldn't mind being her for a day!! I LOVE her cards and the way that she created the city scape..........I NEVER would have come up with anything that NEAT! Love her "tires", too. I may just have to "borrow" her ideas for a card for Ron......these would be PERFECT!!!! CONGRATS on your darling card being featured, Virginia. That is such a HUGE HONOR! I'm so HAPPY for YOU! Sounds like a FUN DAY at the Lu house (your pie I'm sure was DELICIOUS, too)! Love, Karen xo

Wow Virginia--looks like your daughter has followed in your talented crafting footsteps!! Both are great cards and perfect for guys!!Congrats on being featured in the CARDS blog for your transparency card!! I had a few ideas for that challenge but never got around to making them in time.Hope you're enjoying the Olympics too--we're going out tonight to watch the Canada vs. US hockey game over at some friends' Go CANADA Go!!

Wow, Virginia your WHOLE family is just loaded with T-A-L-E-N-T!! Oh those balloons tied to the bicycle just blew me away! Congrats on the feature on the Cards blog! No surprise to me as your card is spectacular!

talent runs in the family & i loved that she took matters into her own hands!i spent the day blurffing (brandon was home sick from school today)and i saw that your card was featured on the cards blog!! congrats!